Reviews - Die mörderischen Cunninghams. Jeder im Zug ist verdächtig

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Die mörderischen Cunninghams. Jeder im Zug ist verdächtig

Benjamin Stevenson

3.95 AVERAGE

katie_du's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cali_alli_3's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Honestly liked this book more than the first simply because I was used to the style of writing and wasn’t as caught off guard as I was with the first book.

I don’t guess the murderer but to be honest I had a hard time remembering who everyone was because there were so many characters all introduced at once without the back and forth with everyone’s story like in the first book.

I honestly was expecting more deaths but I guess this was more of a “murder on the orient express” compared to the first books “and then there were none” vibes.

Solid read but I now need a break from mysteries for a bit.

bookish2025's review against another edition

4.75

The writing is incredibly fun. written in a very funny, easy to read, clever tone and was very fun to follow along. Read this book without knowing it's a sequel but it was still great as a stand alone. Great plot twists. Enjoyed the book.

katiek135's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

shersbear's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny mysterious

lbj_22's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

simon_matuzelski's review against another edition

3.0

As the title suggests, this is a follow-on from Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, a book that I really did enjoy. I was excited to revisit the witty world of Ernest Cunningham and experience another twisting murder mystery delivered through the broken fourth wall (Ernest, the narrator, addresses the reader directly).

The book didn’t disappoint in that sense! It was great in all the ways that the previous book was – including being very funny and not at all easy (for me at least) to guess the ending. There was a range of sleuthy games that the reader could play as the book developed, but I didn’t quite have the mental energy to go along with them. They looked fun though!

In this end, this felt similar to the previous book...but on a train, and with a mostly new cast of characters. I liked that, but I also found myself slightly bored towards the end. I think I’d had my fill of the witty, sometimes narky delivery of Ernest Cunningham. I came to this book for more of that though, so I can’t complain!

Would I read a third book of this series? Perhaps, but only when I know I need to switch things up from my regular book pile.